Patsy Kensit Height: How Tall Is Patsy Kensit?
John Johnson
Updated on January 03, 2026
Patsy Kensit height-English actress, Patricia Jude Kensit was born on March 4th, 1968 at the General Lying-In Hospital, Lambeth in the United Kingdom.
Kensit was born to James Kensit and Margaret Rose Kensit. She shares the same parents with her older brother named Jamie who was born in 1963.
While Kensit’s father was a close ally of the Kray Twins and the Richardson Gang, earning himself the moniker “Jimmy the Dip,” and was implicated in the Great Train Robbery, her mother was a Dior secretary and a former model who had previously dated Aga Khan IV.
Before Kensit was born, he did time in prison while posing as an antiques merchant. Reggie Kray served as Kensit’s godfather.
Her grandfather on her father’s side was a thief and forger. Kensit had to sleep on mattresses on the floor while growing up on a communal estate in Hounslow. Kensit went to Corona Theatre School, Twickenham’s St. Catherine’s School, and Newland House School.
Patsy Kensit career
Kensit, who began her acting career as a toddler, rose to fame after appearing in several Birds Eye frozen peas advertisements.
The Great Gatsby (1974), Gold (1974), Alfie Darling (1975), The Blue Bird (1976), and Hanover Street were the next movies she appeared in (1979).
In 1983, Kensit started the pop band Eighth Wonder and rose to the position of lead singer while juggling a parallel career as an actress and singer.
Before disbanding in 1989, the group released a number of hit singles, including “I’m Not Scared” and “Cross My Heart.”
Before appearing in Blue Tornado (1991), Timebomb (1991), Twenty-One (1991), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Bitter Harvest (1993), Full Eclipse (1993), Angels & Insects (1995), Love and Betrayal (1995), and Grace of My Heart (1995), Kensit continued to find success in her breakthrough roles as Suzette in the musical film Absolute Beginners (1986) and as Rika van den Haas in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).
Kensit returned to television in 2004 and portrayed Sadie King in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2006 to 2007. From 2007 to 2010, and for one episode in 2019, she played Faye Morton in the BBC One medical drama Holby City.
Kensit has been wed to musicians Liam Gallagher, Dan Donovan, Jim Kerr, and Jeremy Healy. Hanover Street’s Kensit received a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actress in a Motion Picture (1979).
She received multiple awards for her work in Emmerdale after being nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 1991 for Best Female Lead in Twenty-One.
How tall is Patsy Kensit ?
Patsy Kensit stands at a height of 1.64m tall and weighs 59kg or 130lbs.